The Core Business Story of Qualcomm

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The next generation of cell phone networks, 3G, which Ben and I probably vividly remember probably many folks listening. The reason for that was 3G was all about data speeds, broadband, internet, data speeds. And CDMA was just like the vastly superior technology for... Totally. Paul actually has a PhD in electrical engineering as well. Spent his whole career at Qualcomm, rose through the ranks, becomes the CEO. Then in 2005, Erwin retires as CEO,. I believe in also as chairman of Qualcomm. Also interestingly, one of his four sons, Paul Jacobs, takes over and becomes the company's CEO.

Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies in the world, few people know the absolutely amazing technological and business history behind it. Seriously, this story is on par with Nvidia, TSMC and all the great semiconductor giants. Without this single fabless company based in San Diego, there’s almost no chance you’d be consuming this episode on whatever device you’re currently listening on — a fact that enables them to earn an incredible estimated $20 for every new phone sold in the world. We dive into this story live at the perfect venue: our first-ever European live show at Solana’s Breakpoint conference in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal!

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